Bhadra International is poised to emerge as the largest privately owned Ground Handling service provider in India. Bhadra International has already been accorded the security clearance by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) for all the seven Airports.

Wednesday, 13 March 2013

High Court Chennai “…petitions were nothing but vexatious litigations filed only to wrongfully restrain the successful bidder from commencing its operations.”

Chennai, Mar 12 (PTI) Madras High Court today allowed private sector firm Bhadra
International to commence its operation in ground handling services in
Chennai and Kolkata airports. Dismissing a PIL, a Division Bench comprising
Justices Elipe Dharma Rao and Aruna Jagadeesan noted that the Federation of
Indian Airlines and other airline carriers had filed a similar petition in
Delhi High Court and the same was dismissed. A PIL filed by Oveyam Ranjan and
Indian Airports
Ground Handling Agents Association, Bangalore, sought to quash an
Airports Authority of India (AAI) order of September 9, 2009, awarding license
to provide ground handling services in Chennai and Kolkata airports. They also
sought to direct the CBI to hold an inquiry into the issuance of tender for
providing comprehensive ground handling services to various domestic and
international airlines in both airports and file a report within a timeframe.
The tender was awarded in favour of Bhadra
International (India) Limited. The petitioners contended that eligibility
conditions of the tender were altered to suit Bhadra
International, a joint venture consortium partnering along with Novia
International Consulting APS of Denmark. AAI, authorities of Chennai and
Kolkata airports denied the allegations. Dismissing their petitions, the bench
said the present petitioners have filed the petition as a PIL and stated that
no similar petitions are filed in any other High Courts at the same time. The
bench said that the writ petitions have been filed, since they "found the
weakness in the case before the Delhi High Court, the interested persons have
prompted a third party/ the petitioners to file the present writ petition as a
PIL that too in the eleventh hour." These petitions were filed
"undoubtedly with an ill intention of preventing Bhadra International to
commence its operation," they said. (MORE) PTI DSJ RC MNS MVV

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Bhadra International is poised to emerge as the largest privately owned Ground Handling service provider in India. Bhadra International has already been accorded the security clearance by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) for all the seven Airports.